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niles southwest of Harrisonburg, where

miles southwest Of Harrisonburg, where
Banks was.
The swiftness of Jackson's movement was
something marvellous 1t was important for
him to attack Mbroy and defeat him before
he could Join Banks at Harrisonburg. He ac-
complished it.
He made forced marches and fell upon Mil
roy at Bull Pasture, near the village of Nc
Dowel He had meantime been joined by
six regiments under command of the Con-
federate general Edward johnson, The fight
at Bull Pasture occurred on a warm, bright
morning, May 8. 1t may be considered the
second battle of the Shenandoah campaign.
Gen. Edward johnson knew the mountain
country well, and he and his regiments took
the lead, with Ashby's scouts in advance.
May the Federal pickets were driven in.
At sunrise May 8 the Confederate troops
marched toward the village of Mcdowell.
They took position on Sutlington's hill. Mil
roy sent out force to dislodge them, and the
battle Of Bull Pasture, Mcdowell or Sutling-
toms hill began.
There was a sharp engagement. Milioy
was defeated and fell back just as Schenck
came up with re-enforcements. But it was
too late to save the day, and the Federal
forces retreated toward Franklin to wait for
Fremont They left behind them a supply of
military stores, which jackson captured.
Immediately after this fight Banks re-
treated to Strasburg, fifty miles north. There
he fortified himself, so as to protact the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad Hating
not to rest, jackson pushed on after the
Federal troops Having driven back Milroy
and Schenck, the next move on the chess
board was for him to crush Banks, weakened
as he was by the withdrawal of Shields
division. Jackson therefore turned his at
tention to Banks
The three Federal armies in northern Vir-
ginia that had been sent against Jackson
were seventy miles apart, east, west and
north, in sort of triangle. When, there
fore, Stonewall jackson marched against
Banks neither Fremont nor Mcdowell was
near enough to aid him.
Gen. Robert II. Milroy was born in Indiana
in 1914. He was educated as lawyer, hut
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sToNEwALL JACKSON. cavalry especially.
In criticisms of the campaign of the Shenan-
doah valley it has been said that if the Fed
eral general sent against him had been only
half as swift jackson never would have got
out of that valley alive to join Lee and aid in
driving Mcclellan from the Chickahominy to
the James
His strength consisted in the swiftness of
his movements and in that firmness of both
purpose and action which gave him the name
of ''Stonewall." 1t was very unusual MKT
ure of qualities.
jackson got the name of Stonewall at the
first battle of Bull Run, called by the Con
federates the battle of Manassas The general
commanded brigade there. The Confeder-
ate general Bee had just been repulsed with
his men, and was falling back. He met 7.
j. jackson coming to his rescue with the first
Confederate brigade
General" said Bee, "they are beating us
back
"Slr," said Jackson, 1--WE will give them the
bayonetn
He had his "war look" on at that moment.
This advance of jackson and a similar move
ment on the part of Wade Hampton else
where turned the Confederate defeat into vic
tory at Bull Run. Bee galloped back to his
men. He pointed with his sword to the gen
eral standing in the midst of 1900 fixed bay
onets, and said in voice full of excitement:
"Look! there is jackson standing like a
stone wall Let us determine to die here and
we will conquer!"
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June Col Sir GEN TURNER AsHBY.
Percy Wyndham, of the Union cavalry, made
a reconnaissance toward Harrisonburg He
fell into a Confederate ambush and was taken
prisoner with his men. Following this was
an infantry fight Col. Wyndham was an
Englishman. He had been a captain in the
Austrian army and had served under Carl
baldi. He was aiming especially to beg
Turner Ashby.
Col. Wyndham's cavalry was followed by a
large body of infantry. On the Confederate
side Gen. Ewell came up with infantry. This
battle of Harrisonburg, the 9TH of June, was
the fifth considerable fight of the campaign.
The Federal regiments were partly behind
fence The Confederates advanced against
them through a tangled underwood Ashby
led the charge, with the Fifty-eighth Virginia.
1t made little impression, but received a ire
mendous fire from the Federal regiments
The inpatient nature of Ashby was on fire.
He ordered the Fifty-eighth Virginia to stop
firing and charge bayonet on the Federals
He spurred his horse forward, waved his arm
and shouted: "Virginians, follow mer A
ball struck his horse and the animal fell dead.
He sprang to his feet and rushed on still or
dering his men to charge bayonet. At that
moment bullet pierced him and he fell dead.
His men carried his body in their arms OF
the battle field.
Gen. Ewell had ordered up more regiments
and there was fierce fighting. Several Con-
federate officers were shot dead, and the
colors of the First Confederate Maryland
were shot down three times. Still the Union
troops were checked, just at the moment
when Ashby dropped dead
The character Of Brig. Gen. Turner Ashby
is to Virginans that of the ideal knight of
romance. He was native of Fauquer
county, Virginia, and was little past 80 at
the time of his death. There was nothing of
the guerrilla or freebooter about him, us has
sometimes been represented. lie was simple
in his tastes and habits, and devoutly relig-
ious in character He summed parsistently
the designations in which young men indulge,
caring most for horses and the chase He
was famous rider and horse tanner, the best
In Virginia it is said. He was rather small
In stature, but very graceful with brown
eyes and soft clear voice. His complexion
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jackson on the westward, Fremont with
10000 men, was following Schenck and Mil
roy. Farther away from Stonewall jackson,
but still within fighting reach of him, and to
the east, was Mcdowell at Fredericksburg
with 10000 men.
Stonewall Jackson had, with Ewell's divis-
ion, nearly 20, 600 men. He resolved to fall upon
the Union generals one at time, and cripple
or conquer them. His plan was mastery
one Banks at this time had not yet fallen
back to Strasburg, but was still at Harrison
burg. jackson left Ewell to confront him,
Then, himself taking the tried troops that
had been with him i'll the valleys long, he
made wide sweep around by the south and
west, past Staunton, then to the west and
northward to attack Schenck and Milroy.
Milroy was at Mcdowell, village forty
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was dark to swarthiness, and he wore his
black beard long.
He was no disciplinarian, and could
scarcely drill regiment But there was n
feeling of good comradeship between him and
his men which held them to him to the death.
Wherever wild riding and hot fighting were
needed there was Turner Ashby and his
men.
Fremont had rebuilt the bridge across the
north fork of the Shenandoah at Mount jack
son, crossed the stream and was following on
as closely as might be after jackson. Shields
was on the east side of the Shenandoah south
fork and Shields and Fremont were about
fifteen miles apart, on opposite sides of the
south fork, with no bridges between them.
jackson had shrewdly destroyed these
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SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPAIGN.

He was Immediately pursued by Gen. James
Shields with division from Banks corps.
1t was evidently Jacksons intention to keep
within communicating distance of Johnston,
and to join him if advisable.
Shields pursued Jackson as far as New
market. This was a point within fifty miles
of Johnston. Shields seemed to be driving
the one Confederate army to the other He
suddenly changed his tactics and began
feigned retreat back to Winchester. He
hoped thus to draw jackson away from John
ston. The trick was successful Jackson
turned his face Winchesterward again, fol-
lowing Shields.
Gen. Banks meantime, who was in the chief
command in this part of Virginia, had been
ordered by Gen. Mcclellan Oh the 10th of
March to take position near Manassas and
Centreville, points recently evacuated by the
Confederates. Banks was to rebuild the rail
way passing through Manassas to Washing
ton and keep the country south of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad free from Confeder-
ates. This included the Shenandoah valley.
Banks prepared to obey the order, march
ing his corps to Centrevlle, leaving Shields
division of $4,000 men behind to take care of
Jackson. He did not believe jackson would
attack force so much superior to his own
Shield had hoped that Jackson would at
tack him. however. With jackson was Col.
Ashbys cavalry, 1900 strong. Jackson's
force, exclusive of Ashby's, is said to have
numbered 5000. Near Winchester Shields
halted and prepared for the attack which he
hoped would be made.
1t was March %, 1862, that Gen. Shields
prepared for battle at Winchester. On the
I'd of that month there died at Paw Paw,
Va, man who, if he had lived, would have
taken very lively part in the operations of
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city in SAT

GEN. EwELL, C. S, a. to the end After
the death of jackson at Charlottesville Ewell
took command of his division, Ewell passed
through four years of hard fighting I'M
scathed, up to the very last week of the war,
April 6, 1865, when he was taken prisoner be-
fore Richmond. He died in 1872
To get the next movements of the valley
campaign clearly, observe on the map the pc
culiar direction of the two branches of the
Shenandoah When jackson reached Stras-
burg Shields had already been at Front
Royal, a few miles southeast for two days.
Why he did not push on and intercept Jack
son is not clear. Shields moved slowly up
the east side of the south fork jackson sent
hurriedly ahead Of him and destroyed the
bridges over the south fork at Luray and
elsewhere. He himself, hotly pursued by
Fremont, fastened up the west side of the
north fork. He crossed it at Mount jackson,
n little TO the north of Newmarket, and cut
away the bridge behind him. He was thus
between the two forks of the Shenandoah,
with an enemy on each side of him, but with
the bridges of both streams burned, so neither
could get at him Immediately.
Still he raced on and on, without sleep or
rest June 5 he reached Harrisonburg Ere
mont marched as ceaseessly as himself, and
was hot after him. He dared not wait. AL
most at bay he turned now to the south and
eastward toward Richmond and the Con-
federate army. He aimed to reach Port Re-
public, a village on the east side of the south
| fork Destroying the bridge at Mount Jack
son had given the bold racer a good days
start of Fremont, who had to wait to rebuild
the bridge.
When Jackson marched out of Harrison
burg he left behind the indefatigable Col.
Turner Ashby to harass the Federal adj
vance and hold it back till the Confederate
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KERNSTOWN OR WINCHESTER.

AS frequently happened in the fights of the
civil war, the Confederates designated the bat
tie of March 90 by one name, the Federals by
another In the north it is known as the bat
tie of Winchester, in the south as the battle
of Kernstown.
Shields, to deceive Jackson, concealed
most of his division in an out of the way spot
two miles from Winchester small guard
was left in that village. March % Turner
Ashby's cavalry came galloping into Win
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force should get
safely off. 1t was
W ork W b / C h
pleased the bold
c a v a | + y III an.
There were oppor-
tunities for dash
and daring, for
wild rides and hair
breadth escapes,
which appealed to
all the love of ex-
element in him.
And SO it was he
met his death at
the battle of Har-
risonburg, June Z.
~.
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served as a voluil-
teer in the Mexican
war. When tn e
civil war began he
offered his services
as a volunteer. He
commanded "A brig
ade of Indiana
troops in West Nir-
ginia and in the
Shenandoah valley.
Flying around to
the eastward again,
after the battle of
Mcdowell. jackson
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fought on the Sth.
His cavalry had
crossed the bridge
here and planted a
gun at the bridge
entrance. The Con-
federates drov g
them back and cap
tured the gun. The
real battle of Port
r epu bile took
place next day,
June Q. After re-
polling Fremont's
advance, E w e IL,
,In. aN"n. &c tI1
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Shields division
was taken away.
Thus Banks was in
the rear of jack
son. Fremont at
that time com.
manded the Noun
tain department,
W h ich = included
northern Virginia.
Schenck and Mil
roy, of his corps,
were sent with g.
900 men south from
ROmney. to hold
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time soldiers. He
was born in Ireland
in 1910; came to
this country and
served both in the
Florida and Mexi-
can wars. He was
a gallant fighter,
and was severely
wounded at Cerro
Gordo and also at
Oh apultep pee, in
Mexico. He had a
varied experience,
having been gov
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The SHENANDOAH.
The Valley Campaign of Twenty
Five Years Ago.
STONEW ALL j ACKSON'S RAID
But Now "ThOse Knights are Dust,
Their Good Blades Rust"

Portraits of the Leaders on Both Sides
In the Shenandoah Valley Campaign
of the Spring and Early Summer of
Is62-How Stonewsll jackson Out
witted Armies Three Times as Large
as His Own and Escaped-Interesting
Personal Sketches.
One hand on the saber and one on the rein
The troopers move forward in line on the plain
As rings the word "Gallop" the steel scabbards
clank
And each rowe is pressed to horses hot flank;
And swift is the rush as the wild torrents flow
When it pours from the crag the valley below.
The trend of the land in the Shenandoah
valley is northeast and southwest The Blue
Ridge mountains, you will see on the map, lie
due northeast and southwest Almost in a
line parallel with them, LAYING the very
mountain foot with its blue and rushing
waters, runs the romantic Shenandoah. 1t
flows northeast and empties into the Potomac
at Harper's Ferry. To the westward and north
are other ranges of peaks. Between the lines
of mountains are long narrow stretches of
valley, down which the wind and files of cav
airy soldiers might sweep without obstruc-
ton Both wind and soldier swept down
those valleys many and many time during
the civil war. The Shenandoah region is
cris-crossed with the lines of advance and re
treat; its stony soil scantly covers the crum
bling bones of many a brave horse and
rider
In the spring of 1862 Gen. Thomas iona
than jackson. c. S. A., spread dismay. first
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trict of Columbia
in 1916. He was a
West Point gradu-
ate, like most of
the leading officers
of the civil war on
both sides. He was
a Mexican war Off
Ger, had seen hard
Indian service, and
during the civil
war took part in
the toughest of the
fighting in Virginia
from the beginning
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through the Shen-
andoah valley, then
through the whole
Union. His force
was both infantry
and cavalry; but
b eau Sc of the
swiftness and bold
ness of his move
ments he came to
be associated in the
popular mind with
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t h @ Shenandoah
valley. This was
Brig. Gen. Freder-
lex West Lander.
He was born in
Salem, Mass, in
1922. He was edu-
Gated at a military
academy in Yer
mont. He was one
of the surveyors of
the Pacific rail =
road. One expedi-
ton for this pur-
pose he organized
at his own aypapsa
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ernor of Oregon territory and United States
senator respectively from Illinois, Minnesota
and Missouri While filling the last Office
named he died in 1879
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Dowel from joining Mcclellan before Rich
mond He had now to look out for his own
safety.
On the Goth jackson began to retreat from
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were undoubtedly
march in G upon
him, McDowell's
force from the east,
Fremont's from the
west. How should
he get out and back
up the Shenandoah
valleyl He had ac-
complished entirely
W hat he h a d
planned to d o.
That was to give
the Washin 6 ton
authorities a scare
The Arizona champion., 1887-07-23
The Man to Send.

The Des Moines G. A. R. Post, having passed a resolution. with the suggestion that the president should send a substitute to St. Louis, if pos sible the same substitute who served for him during the war, the command. CT of the post subsequently received the following letter:
 70 Commanaey Des MJinss c. 4. x.
 Pol:
 Seeing the resolutions passed by your post in the Buffalo EUenfHs NeWs, President Cleveland's organ, allow me to say am the man who was his substitute. He has never ful. filled his promise to me in regard to paying me what he agreed to for go- ing as his substitute. He has let me, after being asked for assistance, live in different poorhouses, and l am now an inmate of the Soldiers Home al Bath, totally unable to do anything. have asked his assistance in procur ing pension, but it has never been granted. lest my health as a sub- stitute for him. Can you people in the west render me any assistancef can establish my identity as his sub. stitute. The writer of this, Richard Burke, has known me and knows that I am the man. Yours,
 GEORGE BRiNsKE,
 Bath, N. Y., June IT, 1881.
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 E: c. Smith. publisher of the E. PAso Rtp16hraA, passed through town on yesterdays train.
 Don't forget to go to Stewards for fresh butter and chresc.
 E. 5. Clark has gone on a shorI visit to Albuquerque.
 Co to Stewards for groceries. Ev erything cheap for cash. Ground has been broken for; an other ..cw hotel oa San Frll.clscu avenue.
 Ex Gov. Tritle and T. s. Bullock lett N=w York on MondAy ias, bound for Prescott.
 It is understood that Gorham C. Bray, oi Prcacott will remove hls bus mess to Flagstaff, and that he will build store on San Francisco avenue Edward NJ. Doe, from Iowa. ha, just opened law off C in tn. .Ariz 3no Central Bank building. He come. with exc"lleat rcco.n.ucniAllons.
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 An action for forclble entry ana detaIner, in which John Lyman, wa, plaintiff and W. Klustemeyer defend and, was concluded yesterday, befor, Justice Of the Peace George H. Tin ker and jury. The trial which oc cupied several days and employed most of the legal talent of the town was decided in favor of the plaintiff l Flagstaff, one of theibrightest and most rapidly growing of the towns O Arizona supports two banks, but it ha not single hotel. S,m-b odyshoul, make the town present of a goot landlord and house to put him in.- Phenis HeraM Thls. Is true bu there Is one of the handsomest hotel in the territory aaw h course of con struction,
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 The mill has been conducted by the Aver Lumber Company up to the 2oth day of June last, when new corporation was formed under the name of ths Arizona Lumber Co.n- pany, which purchased the capital stock, franchises, leases and entire business of the Aver Lumber Com pany, for the sum of S25o,ooo. D. M. Riordan IS the principal stock owner and general manager and T. A. Rlordan is superintendent. Preparations were commenced tc resume work before the fire was com pletely out. One of the company: saw mills at Rogers Lake has been brought in and is being set up shor distance from the burned mill, wher; 1t will be worked until new mill l. built. "A dispatch was received at thi' office yesterday from Mir. D, M Rior dan dated Chicago, which states tha he has secured ample additional capi tal and that he will ship two new mill immediately with all the necessar! machinery. The company will thel nave five mills running and will do : larger business than they have dom before.
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MT. Frank Corcoran, in the em. ploy of the Ill. Central R. R., in this city, was interviewed. He drew sIo.. 900 on two, o,tenths of ticket No. 7s,. S66, which took the, second capital prize of S5o,ooo in the Louisiana State Lottery in the drawing of May 10th. He takes his good fortuue as matter of course, not being elated thereby. H. was we'll of, f4anci. ally, before. He expects to continu> rlght along as he has for many years, brakeman on the steam trucks He IS a bachelor, about 4S years of age, IS of Irish parentage and came from Pennsylvania in 1854. He has two brothers and two sisters in Scranton Pa., all In easy circumstances.-Cairo (Il ) Argls, May 2.
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